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Cinnamon Eggnog Oatmeal

I get a lot of people questioning if you can taste the eggnog in these oats and I'm here to tell you that YES, you can definitely taste the 'nog. If you want vegan oats, feel free to sub in the amazing soy or coconut eggnog options.

By backtoherroots · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cinnamon Eggnog Oatmeal

Why it works: Vanilla and banana are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,430 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Cinnamon Eggnog Oatmeal

(1 serving)
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

506Calories
7 gProtein
17 gFat
83 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Waternot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0
Fruitnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By backtoherroots. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Vanilla + bananatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Oats + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Oats + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,394 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Vanilla + nutstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together638 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, cinnamon, vanilla, banana, butter, sugar, maple syrup):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Flaxseedfits better
  3. Pecansfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, cinnamon, vanilla, banana, butter, sugar, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.